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@The NYC Toy fair 2008 I found a fantastic line of “Timberkits” these are wood automatons you build yourself: Dragons, pigs, drummers, piano players – you can also build a motor if you don’t want to use the crank. I think these were one of my favorite things from the entire event. Here’s a video […]
Fun tech-strategy game spotted @ the NYC Toy fair 2008 – Khet combines lasers with strategy, it’s sorta like chess/checkers but set in an Egyptian-themed board with pieces having two, one or no mirrored surfaces. There are two small class II lasers, you try and destroy the other pieces by bouncing the beam on to […]
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 there was only one metal detector maker and that was Bounty Metal detectors – they have an entire line from simple ones (inexpensive) up to beefier ones that include LCD read-outs, iron level detection and ground balancing. The “Gold digger” in only $99 and seems like a good midrange one […]
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 you tend to see companies with a variety of products, Precision Modelworks has stunning and unique models of various space capsules – Saturn vehicles, Gemini capsules and others from the Mercury missions – if you’re a space buff these might be the only (and best) replicas in existence. In addition […]
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 Smart Lab had a giant amount learning / science kits for what I would say are on the younger side of the maker timeline – remote control rockets, coin sorters, door alarms, electronics lab, first electronics, microscope, motor mania, rock star mic kit, shark model, stars & planets, voice changer, […]
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 some old ideas are getting a modern treatment, and doing it in a eco-friendly way. Cardboard design (made in USA) has castles, forts, rockets, playhouse, dollhouses, teepees, dens, chairs and pods made from cardboard. They also have “liquid” cardboard, it’s created so it can take a variety of shapes – […]
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 not everyone is a toy (or kit) maker – I met with two engineers that just showed up with their working prototype (The Z-drive) in hopes a toy maker might use it for something. It’s pretty incredible – I think these guys are getting my “MAKE’s best of show”… The […]
